Fig. 1.

Intravenous inoculation of E. coli induces liver abscesses in mice. E. coli hepatic CFU burden in B6J female mice 5 dpi. Approximately half of animals form abscesses (blue), which are associated with marked bacterial replication; livers from animals that do not develop abscesses contain relatively few E. coli (black). Images of livers containing abscesses are shown as well as H&E staining. Additional images are shown in SI Appendix, Fig. S1.